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Katherine Payne - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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patients and Healthcare Professionals views on pharmacogenetic testing and its future delivery in the nhs
Pharmacogenomics, 2007Co-Authors: E A Fargher, Charlotte Eddy, William G Newman, Faieza Qasim, K Tricker, R A Elliott, Katherine PayneAbstract:INTRODUCTION: There is limited empirical evidence on patients' and Healthcare Professionals' views on the provision of pharmacogenetic testing services. These opinions may be used to shape the development of emerging pharmacogenetic services and inform Healthcare Professionals' future educational requirements. OBJECTIVES: To explore patients' and Healthcare Professionals' views about pharmacogenetic testing services and their future development. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with patients who had been prescribed azathioprine for autoimmune conditions and prevention of acute rejection in renal transplantation. Focus groups were conducted with a range of Healthcare Professionals. Interviews and focus groups were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using the constant comparative method. RESULTS: The views of 42 individuals - 25 patients and 17 Healthcare Professionals - were explored in depth. Key themes emerging from the data were: patients' and Healthcare Professionals' knowledge and experience of pharmacogenetics; expectations about how such a testing service could be used; and characteristics of service delivery. Knowledge and experience of pharmacogenetics varied. Pharmacogenetics was perceived to be of benefit by both groups. Patients gave opinions about pharmacogenetic services based on their experiences of illness, taking medicines and using Healthcare services. Healthcare Professionals based their opinions on how existing services are provided and access to limited Healthcare resources. Patients had strong feelings about how this service should be delivered and expected high standards of explanation about potential pharmacogenetic tests. None of the Healthcare Professionals questioned expected to have responsibility for the future delivery of pharmacogenetic testing services. CONCLUSION: There is no clear model of how pharmacogenetic tests will be delivered in clinical practice. Patients expect to receive pharmacogenetic services from Healthcare Professionals who are able to explain the test, and interpret the implications for prescribing, with confidence. The gap between patients' high expectations for information and Healthcare Professionals' current knowledge and reluctance to deliver pharmacogenetic services highlights the urgent need for better education and training of Healthcare Professionals in pharmacogenetics.
Merav Ben-david - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Oncology Healthcare Professionals’ perceptions, explanatory models, and moral views on suicidality
Supportive Care in Cancer, 2019Co-Authors: Leeat Granek, Ora Nakash, Shahar Shapira, Samuel Ariad, Merav Ben-davidAbstract:PurposeTo explore how oncologists, oncology nurses, and oncology social workers perceive suicidality (suicidal ideation, suicidal acts, and completed suicides) in patients with cancer that they are in contact with.MethodsThe grounded theory method of data collection and analysis was used. Sixty-one oncology Healthcare Professionals from two university-affiliated cancer centers in Israel were interviewed.ResultsThe findings resulted in three main categories that included perceptions of suicidality, explanatory models of suicidality, and moral views on suicide. Healthcare Professionals considered suicidality in their patients to be a cry for help, a sign of distress, or an attempt at attention seeking. Participants explained suicidality as stemming from a biological disease, from mental illness, as an aberration, or as an impulsive, irrational act. Moral views on suicidality were split among those who were mostly accepting of these patients’ actions versus those who rejected it outright. A third group of Healthcare Professionals expressed ambivalence about suicidality in their patients.ConclusionsHealthcare Professionals vary greatly in their perceptions on suicide. Some view the act as part of a patient’s choice and autonomy while others view it negatively. Healthcare providers should receive support in handling patient’s suicidality.
F.l.h. Muntinghe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Rethinking clinical governance: Healthcare Professionals' views: A Delphi study
BMJ Open, 2017Co-Authors: G.l. Veenstra, K. Ahaus, G.a. Welker, Mark J. Van Der Laan, Erik Heineman, F.l.h. MuntingheAbstract:Objective: Although the guiding principle of clinical governance states that Healthcare Professionals are the leading contributors to quality and safety in Healthcare, little is known about what Healthcare Professionals perceive as important for clinical governance. The aim of this study is to clarify this by exploring Healthcare Professionals' views on clinical governance. Design: Based on a literature search, a list of 99 elements related to clinical governance was constructed. This list was refined, extended and restricted during a three-round Delphi study. Setting and participants: The panel of experts was formed of 24 Healthcare Professionals from an academic hospital that is seen as a leader in terms of its clinical governance expertise in the Netherlands. Main outcome measures: Rated importance of each element on a four-point scale. Results: The 50 elements that the panel perceived as most important related to adopting a bottom-up approach to clinical governance, ownership, teamwork, learning from mistakes and feedback. The panel did not reach a consensus concerning elements that referred to patient involvement. Elements that referred to a managerial approach to clinical governance and standardisation of work were rejected by the panel. Conclusions: In the views of the panel of experts, clinical governance is a practice-based, value-driven approach that has the goal of delivering the highest possible quality care and ensuring the safety of patients. Bottom-up approaches and effective teamwork are seen as crucial for high quality and safe Healthcare. Striving for high quality and safe Healthcare is underpinned by continuous learning, shared responsibility and good relationships and collaboration between Healthcare Professionals, managers and patients.
E A Fargher - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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patients and Healthcare Professionals views on pharmacogenetic testing and its future delivery in the nhs
Pharmacogenomics, 2007Co-Authors: E A Fargher, Charlotte Eddy, William G Newman, Faieza Qasim, K Tricker, R A Elliott, Katherine PayneAbstract:INTRODUCTION: There is limited empirical evidence on patients' and Healthcare Professionals' views on the provision of pharmacogenetic testing services. These opinions may be used to shape the development of emerging pharmacogenetic services and inform Healthcare Professionals' future educational requirements. OBJECTIVES: To explore patients' and Healthcare Professionals' views about pharmacogenetic testing services and their future development. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with patients who had been prescribed azathioprine for autoimmune conditions and prevention of acute rejection in renal transplantation. Focus groups were conducted with a range of Healthcare Professionals. Interviews and focus groups were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using the constant comparative method. RESULTS: The views of 42 individuals - 25 patients and 17 Healthcare Professionals - were explored in depth. Key themes emerging from the data were: patients' and Healthcare Professionals' knowledge and experience of pharmacogenetics; expectations about how such a testing service could be used; and characteristics of service delivery. Knowledge and experience of pharmacogenetics varied. Pharmacogenetics was perceived to be of benefit by both groups. Patients gave opinions about pharmacogenetic services based on their experiences of illness, taking medicines and using Healthcare services. Healthcare Professionals based their opinions on how existing services are provided and access to limited Healthcare resources. Patients had strong feelings about how this service should be delivered and expected high standards of explanation about potential pharmacogenetic tests. None of the Healthcare Professionals questioned expected to have responsibility for the future delivery of pharmacogenetic testing services. CONCLUSION: There is no clear model of how pharmacogenetic tests will be delivered in clinical practice. Patients expect to receive pharmacogenetic services from Healthcare Professionals who are able to explain the test, and interpret the implications for prescribing, with confidence. The gap between patients' high expectations for information and Healthcare Professionals' current knowledge and reluctance to deliver pharmacogenetic services highlights the urgent need for better education and training of Healthcare Professionals in pharmacogenetics.
Gavin J. Putzer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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An Examination of the Components that Increase Acceptance of Smartphones among Healthcare Professionals
Electronic Journal of Health Informatics, 2010Co-Authors: Jengchung Chen, Yangil Park, Gavin J. PutzerAbstract:Objective: The professional benefits of mobile computing and communication devices such as the smartphone promise to alter the delivery of Healthcare services. Historically the Healthcare industry has trailed other business sectors in the adoption of technology. Yet, it appears that smartphones are increasingly being embraced by Healthcare Professionals such as physicians and nurses. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the potential factors that may affect the adoption of a smartphone by Healthcare Professionals. Methods: It is unclear which factors affect the acceptance of mobile computing devices by Healthcare Professionals. This study integrates the factors from the Technology Acceptance Model, Self-Efficacy, and the Innovation Diffusion Theory to help explain the components which increase smartphone acceptance among Healthcare Professionals in two countries. We collected 153 surveys from two countries: 88 from the United States and 65 from Taiwan. Results: The results showed that attitude toward using a smartphone and smartphone selfefficacy had a direct positive influence on the intention to use a smartphone. This study also demonstrated that perceived usefulness and task relatedness indirectly influenced the intention to use a smartphone. Discussion: Healthcare Professionals who feel they can successfully master the functions of a smartphone are more apt to use the technology. The findings of this study appear to substantiate that Healthcare Professionals will increasingly embrace smartphones when they perceive them as a useful accompanying tool to further assist with the completion of clinical tasks. Conclusion: As the use of smartphones continues to proliferate, our study should further help researchers more fully understand salient factors which encourage adoption of mobile technologies. Thus, future smartphone applications and software programs can target specific needs of health Professionals.
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An examination of the components that increase acceptance of smartphones among Healthcare Professionals
Electronic Journal of Health Informatics, 2010Co-Authors: Jengchung Chen, Yangil Park, Gavin J. PutzerAbstract:Objective: The professional benefits of mobile computing and communication devices such as the smartphone promise to alter the delivery of Healthcare services. Historically the Healthcare industry has trailed other business sectors in the adoption of technology. Yet, it appears that smartphones are increasingly being embraced by Healthcare Professionals such as physicians and nurses. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the potential factors that may affect the adoption of a smartphone by Healthcare Professionals. Methods: It is unclear which factors affect the acceptance of mobile computing devices by Healthcare Professionals. This study integrates the factors from the Technology Acceptance Model, Self-Efficacy, and the Innovation Diffusion Theory to help explain the components which increase smartphone acceptance among Healthcare Professionals in two countries. We collected 153 surveys from two countries: 88 from the United States and 65 from Taiwan. Results: The results showed that attitude toward using a smartphone and smartphone selfefficacy had a direct positive influence on the intention to use a smartphone. This study also demonstrated that perceived usefulness and task relatedness indirectly influenced the intention to use a smartphone. Discussion: Healthcare Professionals who feel they can successfully master the functions of a smartphone are more apt to use the technology. The findings of this study appear to substantiate that Healthcare Professionals will increasingly embrace smartphones when they perceive them as a useful accompanying tool to further assist with the completion of clinical tasks. Conclusion: As the use of smartphones continues to proliferate, our study should further help researchers more fully understand salient factors which encourage adoption of mobile technologies. Thus, future smartphone applications and software programs can target specific needs of health Professionals. of articles is retained by authors.
